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Date: Thu, 10 Apr 2025 08:22:56 -0700
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Subject: Re: Capturing both IP address and hostname in the log
To: "Tefft, Michael J" <Michael.J.Tefft@snapon.com>,
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On 4/10/25 05:22, Tefft, Michael J wrote:
> The documentation for log_hostname says:
> 
> log_hostname (boolean)
> 
> By default, connection log messages only show the IP address of the 
> connecting host. Turning this parameter on causes logging of the host 
> name as well. Note that depending on your host name resolution setup 
> this might impose a non-negligible performance penalty. This parameter 
> can only be set in the postgresql.conf file or on the server command line.
> 
> https://www.postgresql.org/docs/14/runtime-config-logging.html 
> <https://www.postgresql.org/docs/14/runtime-config-logging.html>
> 
> We have set log_hostname ON and we get hostname reported – but we do not 
> get IP address. We would like to capture both.
> 
> Since the doc says “Turning this parameter on causes logging of the host 
> name **as well**” we were hoping we would capture both, but we are not 
> getting what we expect.
> 
> Is there a way to capture both IP address and hostname in the log 
> messages? Or must we choose “one or the ootehr”?

I see the same thing. It seems either or.

> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Mike Tefft
> 
> (We are using PG14 and PG16, but the docs say the same thing, as does PG17)
> 

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Adrian Klaver
adrian.klaver@aklaver.com